First Quantum to Chile
African copper producer First Quantum Minerals (FM-T) has inked a deal that will see it take up grassroots exploration in the Chilean copper fields.The deal with private Chilean company MN Ingenieros …
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AngloGold sells Coyote to Tanami
Vancouver — Perth-based Tanami Gold has picked up the prospective Coyote deposit, 150 km north of Callie in Western Australia.Coyote is part of the Western Tanami project, which had been held by Angl…
Gold sparks on Barrick news
Buyers overtook sellers over the Nov. 19-25 report period, pushing the Toronto Stock Exchange composite index up 84.95 points to a close of 7,822.34.Gold producers were not so lucky, as physical price…
Jilbey cuts gold at Taranga (December 01, 2003)
Initial results from drilling at the 240-sq.-km Taranga exploration permit in Burkina Faso, West Africa, have failed to match higher gold grades obtained in earlier sampling by Jilbey Gold Exploration…
Cambior raises $41m
Shares in Montreal-based Cambior (CBJ-T) shot up 22, or more than 5%, to 4.40 in early trading in Toronto on Nov. 25 after the intermediate gold producer announced that it had raised $40.9 million.Th…
Appalaches trenches Turcotte
Trenching by Appalaches Resources (APP-V) on the Mont-de-l’Aigle property, in Quebec’s Gasp Peninsula, has exposed the recently discovered Turcotte showing for more than 100 metres while doubling the…
Suits could cripple Indonesia (December 01, 2003)
Potential lawsuits by 22 mining companies, including Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold and Inco, against the Indonesian government could reach a staggering US$31.5 billion, according to a government spok…
Metallic drills gold
Ongoing underground infill drilling by Metallic Ventures Gold (MVG-T) continues to intersect high-grade gold values on the prospectus vein system on the Esmeralda property, 100 miles southeast of Reno…
Editorial: Piling on Black
Some of us have noticed that there are, indeed, more than a few “weedy and not-very-bright leftists” writing for Canadian newspapers. Some of us have run across “arrogant and abrasive youngsters who s…
Fox wins prospector award from BC Chamber
Peter Fox, who discovered the QR gold mine near Quesnel, B.C., will be presented with the British Columbia Chamber of Mines’ H.H. “Spud” Huestis Award, honouring excellence in prospecting.The award wi…
Goldcorp eyes Sidace Lake extension
Vancouver — Drilling success at Planet Exploration’s (PXI-V) Sidace Lake property has prompted Goldcorp (G-T) to pick up a majority stake in two more properties in Ontario’s Red Lake camp.The low-cos…
Aussie coal union calls for strike
Australia’s mining union says it will call a national coal mining strike to protest eroding safety standards.The Construction, Forestry, Mining & Energy Union (CFMEU) says the move is in response to t…